COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in western Oregon say a sheriff’s deputy responding to a call was shot and injured, and a manhunt is underway for the assailant.
The Oregonian reports that the unidentified 18-year veteran with the Lane County Sheriff’s Office is in stable condition at a hospital following the shooting just before 8 p.m. Friday in Cottage Grove, about 20 miles south of Eugene.
Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Greg Rice says in a news release that deputies were responding to a report of shots fired when they found a man armed with a gun. He says the man fired at deputies, and deputies returned fire.
The man fled on foot, and it was unclear whether he had been injured.
Authorities say he is considered armed and dangerous.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
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wonder if it was a right wing asshat ammosexual militia oaf keeper three percenter of brain use
I hope the gun is OK.
Life imitates art today:
“I’m a bookkeeper’s son
I don’t want to shoot no one
Well, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don’t take me alive”
“Don’t Take Me Alive” is track #3 on the album The Royal Scam.
It was written by Becker, Walter Carl / Fagen, Donald Jay.
The suspect’s name is Carlos Roa, arrested about 2:30 in the morning sporting a gunshot wound. He’s an FFL (Federal Firearms License) gun dealer, operating a shop in Cottage Grove called West Coast Machineguns. It looks like he’s been selling guns since at least 2011. Roa may be Mexican; the town is 8% latino according to wikipedia. It’s still unclear what happened.
Authorities say he is considered armed and dangerous.
Ya think?